Peter Bogdanovich

The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they’re getting this kind of money is because the studios don’t know what else to do. They don’t have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money. Peter Bogdanovich You see so many movies… the younger [...]

Paul Biya

Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective. Paul Biya We now need to look beyond our immediate future and aim higher and farther. Paul Biya I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills [...]

Peter Bichsel

It is strange, how quickly people want to obligate their poets, as it were, on the exile. Peter Bichsel Literature is about as unnecessarily necessarily as tableware or ironed shirts. Peter Bichsel Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for [...]

Paul Bettany

In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don’t shoot films any more. There’s more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least have a purity of intent. Paul Bettany It’s weird, because usually if you’re British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies [...]

Pete Best

I was close to John simply because I liked him as a person. He liked me as a person. We spent a lot of times at one another’s houses back in Liverpool. We spent a lot of time together in Germany. Pete Best Many things have been said about what happened, but I don’t know [...]

Peter Berg

Truth is, we offered it to Tom Hanks, which pretty much every movie in America does, but Tom passed. Billy Bob said that Hanks recently called and said he’s voting for all of us for Oscars, he loved the film. Peter Berg What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are [...]

Patty Berg

It’s not how fast you get there, but how long you stay. Patty Berg People are what this election is all about. Patty Berg What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win. Patty Berg Always keep learning. It keeps you young. Patty Berg It’s a wonderful [...]

Philip E. Berger

The decision violates both the letter and spirit of the law. Philip E. Berger My colleagues have expressed confidence in my ability to articulate our conservative message and to provide new focus to our efforts in the General Assembly. Philip E. Berger  

Peter Bergman

When my daughter, Clare, was 4, she told me that a school friend had told her what I did for a living. Clare asked me, ‘Is it true you play Jack Rabbit?’ Peter Bergman I do like large entrances, but this was a little too large. Peter Bergman When you are not practicing, remember somewhere [...]

Pierre Jean de Beranger

Our friends, the enemy. Pierre Jean de Beranger Paradise is open to all kind hearts. Pierre Jean de Beranger It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend. Pierre Jean de Beranger  

Peter Berger

The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. Peter Berger

Peter Benenson

Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice. Peter Benenson It’s the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to [...]

Phil Berger

It’s no fun to have HIV even though it’s viewed as a chronic, controllable disease. It means being wedded to the health system. Phil Berger

Paul Berg

That work led to the emergence of the recombinant DNA technology thereby providing a major tool for analyzing mammalian gene structure and function and formed the basis for me receiving the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Paul Berg But the prospects of designing chemical plants for industrial scale chemical processes seemed far less interesting than [...]

Pope Benedict XVI

Our Christian conviction is that Christ is also the messiah of Israel. Certainly it is in the hands of God how and when the unification of Jews and Christians into the people of God will take place. Pope Benedict XVI The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly [...]

Pat Benatar

Most chick singers say ‘if you hurt me, I’ll die’… I say, ‘if you hurt me, I’ll kick your ass.’ Pat Benatar With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice. Pat Benatar You shouldn’t have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh. Pat Benatar Before I put another notch in [...]

Peter Benchley

I don’t believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything. Peter Benchley Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline. Peter Benchley I’ve never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins. Peter Benchley If man [...]

Pierre Bayle

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done. Pierre Bayle There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of [...]

Pierre Beaumarchais

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. Pierre Beaumarchais Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick. Pierre Beaumarchais Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough. Pierre Beaumarchais If a thing isn’t worth saying, you sing it. Pierre Beaumarchais As long as I don’t write about the government, [...]

Peter S. Beagle

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. Peter S. Beagle The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships. Peter S. Beagle

Paul Begala

I try hard to be a good Catholic. Paul Begala Bill and Hillary Clinton are the most investigated couple in American history – now the most thoroughly exonerated couple in American history. Paul Begala My view was that the campaign had been a sacred thing, that it had been a real compact, because I was [...]

Phyllis Battelle

A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea. Phyllis Battelle For her fifth wedding, the bride wore black and carried a scotch and soda. Phyllis Battelle If you haven’t had at least a slight poetic crack [...]

Gary Bauer

All the culture war issues will be settled by the court. Gary Bauer I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don’t you pick a transvestite? Gary Bauer I’m pro-death penalty, but what I have not [...]

Peter Bart

It’s only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity. Peter Bart Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of [...]

P. T. Barnum

Money is in some respects life’s fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master. P. T. Barnum Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which [...]

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